Why David Brooks’ The Second Mountain missed the mark
The first two chapters of David Brooks’ The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life (2019) were great. The rest had too much of an out-of-touch worldview to gain …
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Review of How Minds Change by David McRaney
David McRaney’s book How Minds Change: The New Science of Belief, Opinion and Persuasion (2022) offers a view of change that is both hopeful and frustrating. On the one hand, …
Review of The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow
David Graeber never fails to radically reshape my view of the world with his research-informed writing and investigations into things many of us have taken for granted so long we …
Notes from Sequoia Con 2024 – AI and Education Conference
The Sequoia Con 2024 – AI for Educators Conference (Feb. 29 – Mar. 1, 2024) was packed full of interesting resources, case studies, and discussions about artificial intelligence and its …
New Book Adaptations of Dune
One book seems to give rise to another, and so I find myself releasing my third book on science fiction titled Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen (available in …
AI Literacy Framework
It’s great to see the emerging discussions about AI literacy in the wake of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT. People of all ages will need to develop …
Notes from National Digital Forum (NDF) Conference 2023
The 2023 National Digital Forum (NDF) conference was held on November 20-21, 2023 at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Sessions were recorded and will be made available …
Generative AI and New Zealand
The Generative AI panel discussion held at academyEX on the evening of August 3, 2023 offered a range of perspectives on emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and what it means …
A New Perspective on Plagiarism in Higher Education
Plagiarism is a hot topic, but we’ve completely missed the point. That’s according to Professor Sioux McKenna, who recently delivered an extremely thought-provoking presentation on this contentious issue called “Plagiarism …
Review of Lisa Feldman Barrett’s How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett is a psychologist and neuroscientist who challenges almost everything we think we know about the concept of emotions in her book How Emotions Are Made: The Secret …